22269http://blog.thebump.com/2014/04/03/should-you-circumcise-study-offers-another-new-finding-in-the-circumcision-debate/https%3A%2F%2Fxothebump.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F01%2Fshutterstock_12262411.gif%3Fw%3D650https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/xothebump/images/share-pinit-post.pngShould You Circumcise? Study Offers Another New Finding In the Circumcision Debatethebump

The latest analysis from a cohort formed to anaylze the effects of breastfeeding on baby's health found that breastfeeding baby at and after two years old will help reduce his risk of obesity when he's 20 years old. Pretty awesome, huh? Led by Marie Françoise Rolland-Cacher and her colleagues at the Nutritional Epidemiology... Read more

Back when Barack and I were expecting our first daughter, we were overwhelmed with so many emotions: excitement, wonder, hope… and occasional moments of panic at the prospect of bringing this little person into the world. We had all the usual first-time parent worries: How would we balance the needs of our growing family with... Read more

A hop, skip and jump across the pond, where the paella is better than you'd even imagine, Spanish researchers have delivered some seriously sucky news: Moms who choose not work have healthier babies. Which means that working moms are less likely to have healthy babies. Insert sad face here. Behind study author Libertad González, the... Read more

In the midst of a New York City-wide measles outbreak (so far there have been 19 confirmed patients with the highly contagious virus), parents and doctors are coming forward, suggesting dozens of different ways to handle the situation. In an article that appeared on Slate, Sydney Spiesel,a practicing pediatric doctor, wondered aloud... Read more

Led by Benjamin Chaffee, research fresh out of the University of California, San Francisco found that breastfeeding a child older than two years can lead to a greater risk of severe early tooth decay, which makes great dental care all the more important. The study, which took place at the University of California... Read more

Kristin Cavallari now has something in common with Jenny McCarthy: Vaccinations.

Kristin, who is pregnant with her second child and already a mother to son Camden, 18-months-old, publicly spoke out against vaccinating her children, due to concerns about autism. On Fox's show The Independents, Kristin said that she and husband Jay Cutler are choosing...

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While obesity rates have been on the rise for the past few years (in 2012, more than one third of kids were overweight or obese), researchers feel they may have found out who's to blame for the startling increase: parents. According to new research performed at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, researchers found that... Read more

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A new report from the American Dental Association says that parents shouldn't wait until baby turns two to start brushing his teeth with fluoride toothpaste. The policy change advises that parents use a rice-grain size smear on baby's first front teeth, moving up to pea-sized smears once toddlers reach the age of three. The... Read more

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